Category: World

One firefighter from the State Emergency Service has been killed and 5 injured in a double-tap Russian strike on Kharkiv Oblast on the evening of 22-23 October.

Supply: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Quote: "Whereas extinguishing a fireplace attributable to an enemy drone strike on the village of Zelenyi Hai, a part of the Velykyi Burluk hromada within the Kupiansk district, Russian terrorists launched a double-tap strike on the scene the place firefighters have been working. The enemy strike claimed the life of 1 firefighter. 5 of his colleagues have been injured." [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

Particulars: The deceased was the commander of the unit, Senior Grasp Sergeant of the Civil Safety Service Yurii Chystikov, aged 50. He’s survived by his daughter.

"Yurii Chystikov was an instance of true responsibility – a person for whom saving others was extra vital than his personal life. His title will ceaselessly stay within the hearts of firefighters as an emblem of braveness, honour and devotion to service," the State Emergency Service famous.

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Polish International Minister Radosław Sikorski has expressed help for Robert Brovdi, Commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Techniques Forces, identified by his name signal Magyar, wishing him success in disabling the Druzhba oil pipeline.

Supply: Sikorski on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: Sikorski's assertion appeared throughout an alternate along with his Hungarian counterpart Péter Szijjártó.

The dispute between the 2 ministers started after Szijjártó criticised Sikorski for suggesting {that a} aircraft carrying Russian chief Vladimir Putin may very well be compelled to land.

Szijjártó additionally referred to a latest determination by a Polish court docket which refused to extradite a suspect accused of sabotaging the Nord Stream 2 fuel pipeline.

In response, Sikorski mentioned he was happy with the Polish court docket's ruling and went on to voice help for Brovdi – an ethnic Hungarian who instructions Ukraine's Unmanned Techniques Forces – in his efforts to disable the Druzhba pipeline.

Quote: "Péter, I’m happy with the Polish court docket which dominated that sabotaging an invader is not any crime. Furthermore, I hope your courageous compatriot, Main Magyar, lastly succeeds in knocking out the oil pipeline that feeds Putin's struggle machine and also you get your oil by way of Croatia."

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Leaders of 26 EU member states on the summit in Brussels on 23-24 October plan to endorse a choice recognising Ukraine's readiness to open accession talks with the Union throughout three negotiating clusters.

Supply: European Pravda

Particulars: Sources point out that the European Council is anticipated to approve an announcement declaring that Ukraine is prepared and deserving for the EU to open accession negotiation on three of the six clusters.

As Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is ready to oppose the transfer, the choice will doubtless be adopted by the votes of the remaining 26 EU leaders.

Within the conclusions, the European Council will be aware that Ukraine has made substantial progress in the direction of EU accession underneath exceptionally difficult situations and can consider the European Fee's evaluation that the clusters Fundamentals, Inner Market and Exterior Relations are able to be opened.

The European Council will name on Ukraine, the Council of the EU and the European Fee to proceed advancing the accession course of primarily based on the benefit precept.

Ukraine has earlier urged the EU to start a casual course of.

Background: It was reported earlier that Ukraine urged the EU to start out casual accession talks whereas Hungary continues to dam the launch of formal accession negotiations.

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France's Chief of the Defence Workers, Basic Fabien Mandon, has stated that the Russian Federation "could also be inclined to proceed the conflict on our continent".

Supply: Le Figaro, a French each day morning newspaper, as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: Basic Mandon, who took command of the French Armed Forces on 1 September, has tasked the troops with "being prepared for battle inside three to 4 years".

Quote: "Russia is a rustic that will search to extend the conflict on our continent, and that may be a defining consider what I’m getting ready for."

Extra particulars: Mandon stated that Moscow holds "a notion of Europe's collective weak point" and demonstrates "a looseness in the usage of drive".

He added, nevertheless, that from an financial, demographic and industrial standpoint, Europeans maintain a transparent benefit over Russia.

Quote: "Russia can’t frighten us if we’re decided to defend ourselves."

Background:

• Final week, the top of Germany's Federal Intelligence Service, Martin Jäger, warned of an actual danger of army battle with Russia.
• Greater than 1 / 4 of Germans additionally take into account an armed confrontation with Russia attainable throughout the subsequent six months.

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Russian troops have attacked a wind turbine within the metropolis of Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, on the night of twenty-two October.

Supply: Kramatorsk Metropolis Council

Quote: "Russian forces have struck a wind turbine in Kramatorsk. On 22 October at 17:10, utilizing a strike drone, the occupiers focused the wind turbine.

Early stories point out there have been no casualties. The total extent of the harm is being assessed."

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The variety of folks injured within the Russian strike on a kindergarten in Kharkiv has risen to 10, together with a five-year-old woman.

Supply: Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov

Quote: "The variety of injured because of the strike on the kindergarten has risen to 10, together with a five-year-old woman."

Background:

• The Russian assault on the kindergarten killed a 40-year-old man and injured 9 others.
• Later, the Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor's Workplace launched CCTV footage displaying the second when the Russian strike hit a personal kindergarten on 22 October.

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Ukrainian paratroopers have liberated the village of Kucheriv Yar in Donetsk Oblast.

Supply: Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Fb

Particulars: Items of Ukraine's Air Assault Forces, together with the 132nd Separate Reconnaissance Battalion, have liberated the village of Kucheriv Yar on the Dobropillia entrance.

Throughout the operation, Ukrainian forces captured greater than 50 Russian troops. Troopers have raised the Ukrainian flag over the liberated village.

A video of the liberation has been posted on social media pages of Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin won’t personally attend the G20 summit in South Africa, which is a signatory to the Rome Statute of the Worldwide Felony Court docket (ICC).

Supply: Interfax, quoting Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on 22 October, as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: In response to Peskov, Putin "won’t personally attend" the G20 summit, which is able to happen in South Africa on the finish of November.

"However Russia, as we mentioned, shall be represented at a dignified stage," he mentioned, including that the pinnacle of the Russian delegation to the G20 shall be introduced "sooner or later".

Background:

• That is the second time Putin has refused to journey to South Africa. In July 2023, he didn’t attend the BRICS summit "by mutual settlement" with South Africa.
• Final 12 months, the Kremlin chief didn’t attend the G20 summit in Brazil, which can be a signatory to the ICC Rome Statute.
• In the meantime, Putin was welcomed and never arrested in Mongolia and Tajikistan, that are members of the ICC and had been obliged to execute the worldwide arrest warrant.

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Experiences that youngsters had been injured in a Russian assault on a kindergarten in Kharkiv haven’t been confirmed. All the kids had been in a shelter on the time of the assault.

Supply: Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov in a remark to Suspilne Kharkiv

Quote: "There have been 48 youngsters within the kindergarten, and all of them had been evacuated. Our municipal companies dealt with the evacuation – I’m very grateful to them.

I’m additionally very grateful to the State Emergency Service employees who evacuated the kids from the smoke-filled basement. Search and rescue operations are nonetheless ongoing."

Particulars: Terekhov mentioned {that a} municipal employee who had been cleansing the road on the time of the strike was killed.

Among the many injured are different municipal employees and civilians, who’ve been taken to hospital. Experiences of youngsters having been injured haven’t been confirmed.

The mayor added that the pressure of the strikes brought on the primary ground to utterly collapse, and the constructing later caught fireplace. The hearth was contained. Not less than six close by residential buildings had been additionally broken.

Background: On 22 October, Russian forces attacked Kharkiv, seemingly utilizing Shahed drones. One of many strikes hit a kindergarten. The Inside Ministry launched pictures of law enforcement officials and rescuer employees carrying the kids to security.

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Russian forces attacked Ukraine with greater than 400 drones and virtually 30 missiles, together with 15 ballistic ones, on the evening of 21-22 October. Ukrainian air defence forces have shot down or jammed 349 aerial belongings.

Supply: Ukraine's Air Drive on Telegram

Quote: "The enemy carried out a mixed strike on Ukrainian essential infrastructure utilizing assault UAVs and air-to-surface and surface-to-surface missiles on the evening of 21-22 October (beginning at 19:00 on 21 October). Total, the Air Drive air surveillance troops have detected and tracked 433 aerial belongings – 28 missiles (15 of them ballistic) and 405 UAVs of varied varieties."

Particulars: The primary goal of the assault was Kyiv Oblast. Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Cherkasy, Chernihiv and Odesa oblasts have been additionally affected.

In the course of the evening, Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 28 missiles:

• 11 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles (launched from Bryansk and Rostov oblasts in Russia, and the briefly occupied territory of Donetsk Oblast)
• 9 Iskander-Okay cruise missiles (launched from Kursk and Voronezh oblasts in Russia, and briefly occupied Crimea)
• 4 Kh-47M2 Kinzhal ballistic air-to-surface missiles from Russia's Rostov Oblast
• 4 Kh-59/69 air-to-surface missiles (launched from the briefly occupied territory of Zaporizhzhia Oblast).

Ukrainian air defence items shot down or jammed 349 aerial belongings:

• 333 UAVs of Shahed, Geran and different varieties
• 8 Iskander-Okay cruise missiles
• 6 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles
• 2 Kh-59/69 guided air-to-surface missiles.

The Air Drive reported that 12 missiles and 55 assault drones had hit 26 places, whereas particles from downed aerial belongings had fallen on 19 websites.

Background:

• 4 individuals, together with two kids, have been killed in Kyiv Oblast in Russian assaults on the evening of 21-22 October and on the morning of twenty-two October.
• President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that six individuals, together with two kids, had been killed within the mixed Russian strike.

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